1. Engaging with Employers
Working to support employers
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

2. The Vision Pathways to Work
To assist employers in recruiting employees from the Live Register and to incentivise employers to offer opportunities to unemployed people – particularly long term unemployed people
Live Register should be a key source linking employers with potential employees
Main focus for the Department is summarised in the Pathways to Work statement and that is to assist ……..
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

3. How? By focusing on employers as well as unemployed people….
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

4. Through on-line and personalised service….
Intreo Centres and Employment Services Offices - Nationwide
Jobs Ireland Service
European Recruitment Service (EURES)
Supports for employees & to promote inclusion.
Financial Supports for employers
How do we deliver these services
Intreo – not just for jobseekers – one stop shop for access to all our services and supports – no cost to employer
Jobs ireland – advertise vacancy,
Eures –
Dedicated employer services – nationally and throughout our divisions across the country
Access to supports such as Jobs Plus – Explain
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

5. JOBS IRELAND Jobs Ireland www.jobsireland.ie
Jobs Ireland is a service for employers who want to advertise their job vacancies on the internet and through our network of offices – No cost service

6. European Employment Service – EURES
Advertise your job vacancy in Europe
Access a database of European jobseekers who want to work in Ireland
Financial and other supports for Employers
EURES Advisor contact details

7. With Innovative Financial Supports
JobsPlus
Part-time Job Incentive Scheme
Family Income Supplement (FIS)
Back to Work Family Dividend
For those starting a business:
Short-term Enterprise Allowance (STEA)
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA)
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

8. Reasonable Accommodation Fund Disability Awareness Support Scheme
Supports for Employers to support
Inclusion.
Wage Subsidy Scheme
Provides financial incentives to employers, outside the public sector, to employ people with disabilities who work more than 20 hours per week – €5.30 per hour
Reasonable Accommodation Fund
A set of private sector employment supports to assist people with disabilities to access and progress in employment
Disability Awareness Support Scheme
Assists the integration of people with disabilities into the workplace and helps to eliminate mistaken perceptions about them
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

9. Wage Subsidy Scheme
For people with a disability – productivity less than 80%
€5.30 per hour
Minimum of 21 hours-39 hours
Top up towards supervision costs if 3 or more disabled people employed
Monitored annually

10. Reasonable Accommodation
Workplace Equipment/Adaptation Grant (WEAG)
Job Interview Interpreter Grant (JIIGS)
Personal Reader Grant (PRGS)
Employee Retention Grant Scheme (ERGS).
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

11. Disability Awareness Support Scheme
Provides funding so that employers can buy in Disability Awareness Training for their staff
The purpose of the training is to deliver clear and accurate information about disability and to address questions or concerns that employers and employees may have about working with people with disabilities.
Grants of 90% of eligible training costs, up to a maximum of €20,000, are available to private companies in the first year and 80% in the second and subsequent years.
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

12. ….and tailored supports
Candidate identification
CV screening
Information sessions
Submission of screened candidates/CV’s
Ongoing company support
Designated team (national and divisional)
Inclusion:
Employability Service
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

13. For more information National Employer Engagement Team
Divisional contacts
– contact us
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

14. Summary Intreo Centres and Employment Services Offices - Nationwide
Jobs Ireland Service
European Recruitment Service (EURES)
Supports for employees & to promote inclusion.
Financial Supports for employers
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection

15. Any Questions?
Thank you
Leon Quigley Department of Social Protection